found: Library of Congress Manuscript Division for the C. G. Woodson Collection of Negro papers . . ., 1803-1936 (John E. Bruce; rep. by corr. or other papers)
found: LC database, Dec. 31, 2001 (hdg.: Bruce, John Edward; usage: John Edward Bruce; John E. Bruce; variant: J.E. Bruce)
found: Awakening of Hezekiah Jones, 1916: t.p. (John Edward Bruce)
found: Dict. of Amer. Negro Biography p. 76-77 (b. Feb. 22 1856; d. Aug. 7, 1924)
found: Black biography, 1790-1950, 1991: v. 1, p. 175 (b. Feb. 22, 1855 or 1856, Piscataway, MD; d. Aug. 7, 1924; occupation: journalist, educator, slave, reformer, librarian/book collector, author, club leader; religion: Methodist)
found: In Black and white, c1980: v. 1, p. 135 (Bruce, John Edward "Bruce Grit", 1856-1924; born a slave; militant Black journalist; publisher; founder "Washington Grit"; established Negro Society for Historical Research (1911); charter member of American Negro Academy)